§ 801 - Medical care of inmates - Vermont Statutes

§ 801. Medical care of inmates

(a) The department shall provide health care for inmates in accordance with the prevailing medical standards. When the provision of such care requires that the inmate be taken outside the boundaries of the correctional facility wherein the inmate is confined, the department shall provide reasonable safeguards, when deemed necessary, for the custody of the inmate while he or she is confined at a medical facility.

(b) Upon admission to a correctional facility for a minimum of 14 consecutive days each inmate shall be given a physical assessment unless extenuating circumstances exist.

(c) When there is reason to believe an inmate is in need of medical care, the officers and employees shall render emergency first aid and immediately secure additional medical care for the inmate in accordance with the above standards. A correctional facility shall have on staff at all times at least one person trained in emergency first aid.

(d) The department shall establish and maintain policies for the delivery of health care in accordance with the above standards. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; amended 1985, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.); 1987, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)